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Division I-III

Figure there should be a thread for the lower divisions of the World Juniors. Division IA and IB starts December 9 and 10, respectively, while Division IIA begins on the 15th. Division IIB and Division III are both in January.

And for anyone unfamiliar, the IIHF is continuing their system from last year. So one team from each group is promoted, while one is demoted. Thus the winner of Div IA will join the top level next year, while the loser goes to Div IB and so forth.

Edit: Since this is stickied, I'll make an effort to post the standings for each group here. Update will come sometime after the conclusion of each game day.

Division IA - Final Results

Country

GP

Win

OT Win

OT Loss

Loss

GF

GA

GD

Points

Norway

5

4

1

0

0

19

7

+12

14

Belarus

5

4

0

0

1

19

8

+11

12

Denmark

5

3

0

1

1

20

15

+5

10

Slovenia

5

1

1

0

3

13

14

-1

5

Austria

5

1

0

1

3

13

21

-8

4

France

5

0

0

0

5

9

28

-19

0

Norway is in Elite Division for 2014; France is in Division IB

Division IB - Final Results

Country

GP

Win

OT Win

OT Loss

Loss

GF

GA

GD

Points

Poland

5

4

0

0

1

20

9

+11

12

Kazakhstan

5

3

1

0

1

16

9

+7

11

Italy

5

3

0

0

2

15

6

+9

9

Ukraine

5

2

1

1

1

8

7

+1

9

Great Britain

5

1

0

1

3

8

18

-10

4

Croatia

5

0

0

0

4

1

19

-18

0

Poland is in Division IA for 2014; Croatia is in Division IIA

Division IIA - Final Results

Country

GP

Win

OT Win

OT Loss

Loss

GF

GA

GD

Points

Japan

5

5

0

0

0

31

8

+23

15

Hungary

5

3

0

0

1

22

16

+6

11

Romania

5

3

1

0

2

18

19

-1

9

Netherlands

5

2

0

1

2

17

23

-6

7

Lithuania

5

1

0

0

4

14

19

-5

3

Spain

5

0

0

0

5

12

29

-17

0

Japan is in Division IB for 2014; Spain is in Division IIB

Last edited by kaiser matias: 12-16-2012 at 03:00 PM.
Reason: Updated through December 16

And are there players worth watching? Obviously Bjorkstrand for Denmark

The two 95 borns for Norway, Mattias Nørstebø and Markus Søberg. Nørstebø has already gotten some SEL time with Brynäs and Søberg has had solid SuperElit and overall junior stats for Frölunda.

Denmark's captain Patrick Russell although older is a solid player and constant producer. They have Thomas Spelling who's a Rangers draft pick and has seen some SEL time but mostly is one of the better SuperElit players. Denmark also has -13 eligible Mads Eller, littlebrother of Lars Eller.

Heh, no chance in hell. France isn't nearly good enough to be only missing one part to make it to the elite.

Agreed. At best, Bozon would probably help France stay in the middle of their group; not good enough to get promoted, but not bad enough to be relegated. They need a few players of his quality if they are serious about going to the elite division.

My thinking is France finishes second last, with Austria being relegated, and Bozon might've pushed them to place fourth or maybe third, if stars aligned on the day they faced Norway or Denmark. This, of course is, only a prediction, and I just hope I don't have to eat crow if Slovenia gets relegated